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YOL. XXVIII-NO. 238
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA: FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1886.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
IN
The Portion of the Austro-Hungarian
Government Explained.
Bwwle inked to Modify Her Dpnuuidi—Fear* of an
Oatbreak In Bolhat—Commeita In France on
Leopold’s Utterances—Comments of the Press,
Etc.
Pbsth, September 30.—Prime Minister
Tissea, replying to interpretations for the
government in the lower house of the
Hungarian parliament to-day, said the
Austro-Hungarian government intended to
prevent any single power from establish
ing a protectorate over Bulgaria. “We
want independence among the Balkan
states,” he continued, “without having
any covetous designs towards any of them.
No community of interests exists in the
Balkans. The Austro-German alliance
continues, guarding mutual conditions of
existence without endangering pence.
Austro-Hungary will not allow any single
power to make armed interference in Bul
garia. The Austro-Hungarian government
intends following this policy during these
critical times.”
Gen. Kaulbars to-day received a deputa
tion of prominent Bulgarians, who called
upon him to endeavor to induce him to
withdraw or modify his circular. The
deputation was composed of 111 of the
most respected and influential citizens of
the principality, and was headed by Dr.
Vaulteheff, who acted as spokesman. He
stated to Gen. Kaulbars that the circulur
had surprised the Bulgarian people, and
asked him to reconsider some of the Rus
sian demands, particularly the postpone
ment of elections two months. The nation
wo3 anxious, Dr. Vaulteheff continued, to
speedily settle the choice of the prince
to occupy the Bulgarian thorne.
In addition to the modifleation
the doctor said the people desired Russia
to withdaw her demand for the immedi
ate raising of the state of siege, and also
the demand for the instant release of
prisoners in custody for complicity in the
coup d’etat. A continuance of state of siege
was the only guarantee the government
had for the preservation of peace, which
the rest of Europe desired as well as Bul
garia. Bulgarians, believing that the czar
had no desire to prolong the crisis, begged
Kaulbars to telegraph to him to hasten a
choice of a prince. The constitution stip
ulated that the grand sobranje elected to
select a ruler should meet with him
one month after the elections. Iu regard
to the liberation of political prisoners, Dr.
Vaulteheff said it would be a dangerous
precedent to establish to liberate without
trial or punishment those responsible for
momentous acts as the deposition and kid
naping of Prince Alexander; besides it
was contrary to the laws, which were the
safeguards of the country; besides, if the
prisoners were released as demanded, the
E robabilities were that the people would
ill them in the streets, such was the
popular indignation against the implicated
men, The government thought the im
prisoned officers should be tried first and
subsequently offered clemency. Iu con
clusion the deputation assured Gen. Kaul
bars that Bulgaria was thankful to the
czar for his past protection, but maintain
ed that the laws of the country must be re
spected. No other ministry than that at
present in power could extricate the coun
try from its crisis.
General Kaulbars, in reply, said that
Bulgarians knew very well tliat the czar
had their prosperity at heart; but, be
added, they must confide in the czar and
carry out his wishes.
Dr. Vaulteheff interrupted General
Kaulbars at this point and said: “If that
is all you have to say we will retire.”
The deputation then withdrew.
The prime minister’s declaration that,
Austro-Hungry wo ild not permit, any
foreign power to establish a protectorate
over Bulgaria was loudly applauded.
The untar haus presented a lively ap
pearance during the prime minister s
speech. The day had been looked forward
to as an eventful one, the premier having ,
several davs ago announced lus intention |
of publicly declaring the attitude decided
upon by the empire towards the threat- !
ened aggressions of Russia in the Balkans.
Every seat in the chamber was occupied j
and 'the galleries were crowded. Herr j
Tissea commenced by refuting the t
assumption that Austro-Hungary had j
either planned or had been ,
aware of or iu tiie slightest degree had ap
proved of the plot to depose Prince Alex
ander. Neither was Austro-Hungary
aware, continued the premier, that Prince
Alexander, as was made evident by ins
telegram to the czar, regarded his crown
as having been received direct from the
czar, or that Prince Alexander made his
stay in Bulgaria depend on the czar s con
sent. “No agreement whatever exists,
Herr Tissea said, “between Austro-
Hungary and Russia regarding the
execution of their respective
influence either in the western or eastern
g ortion of the Balkan states. Austro-
lungary firmly adheres to the Berlin
treatv, which, whilst it is upheld suih
ciently, corresponds with Austro-Hun-
gary’s* interest. Austro-llungary has_ taken
no steps on behalf of the kidnaping of ,
Prince Alexander. She has merely warned ■
Bulgaria iu her own interest against the
adopting of any hasty resolution ana toe j
results that would be sure to ensue there- j
from. In 1888 I stated in reference to the j
eastern question that it was my ,
private opinion that in the event. :
of changes occuring in the east our inter- !
ests would require that, the nations inhab- 1
iting that portion of Europe should torm
themselves independent states according
to their separate industries. 1 his opinion
is now shared by the Austro-Hungarian
foreign minister. We hold that this best
answers the interests of monarchy, which,
repudiating all| desire of aggrandizement
or conquest, would concentrate its efforts
to promote the independent development
of those states and prevent the establis i-
ment not provided for in the treaties,
or the assertion over those countries oi
the permanent influence of anyonelor-
of Europe. We shall not endanger
the success of our euUeavors dv
any premature declarations in
grandiloquent phrases. To attain this
end we shall labor with calmness, which
is doubly necessary in these critical times.
We shall labor with moderation, but at
lution*” 6 ™ me w ^h earnestness and reso-
When Herr Tissea finished he was greet
ed with cheers from all over the house.
All the deputies were displeased by the
premier s statement. Deputy Horoath
maintained that Hungary did not want
such peace as that which a German al
liance secured. Others asserted that Rus
sia had violated the treaty of Berlin. A
ject^d >Sa ' reo P en discussion was re-
Bulgarla.
WILL POSTPONE THEIR ANSWER.
Sofia, September 30.—The Bulgarian
ministry have decided to postpone their
reply to Russia’s note demanding as the
conditions Jof the czar’s protection the
raising* of the state of siege, the liberation
of political prisoners and the freedom of
all parties to vote in the elections ?>r
members of the grand sobranje to choose
a new prince. The ministers are not will
ing to flatly refuse Russia’s demand, and
have resolved to depute and instruct some
one to enter into negotiations with Gen.
Kaulbars with a view to finding some
other method between Russia and Bul
garia.
Ireland.
FEARS OF AN OUTBREAK IN BELFAST.
Belfast, September 30.—The military
pickets who were recently withdrawn
from the disturbed districts in this city
have again been placed on duty to prevent
another outbreak.
THE WOMEN CAPTURE THE OFFICERS.
Dublin, September 30.—At Milltown,
Malboy, county Clare, to-day, while the
sheriffs were employed in distraining on
the property of a man named Kelly, the
married women of the neighborhood at
tacked, overpowered and imprisoned all
tiie officers engaged, while their husbands
secured the cattle and removed them from
the locality.
A MOB DISPERSED.
Belfast, September 30.—A crowd of
laborers, while returning home from work
this evening, began to riot. As they
seemed bent on mischief the Black Watch
regiment charged and soon dispersed the
mob.
MR. PARNELL’S PROPOSALS.
The Marquis of Ripon, speaking at a
meeting of the liberal and radical associa
tion of Strand this evening, said that it
would have been better if the government
had consented to the reasonable proposals
of Mr. Pirnell, thus rendering impossible
eviction, coercion and their atteuda it
evils.
WILL HOLD A MEETING.
The nationalists intend to hold a confer
ence at Liverpool November 6. Mr. O’Con
nor will preside, and he will be supported
by Messrs. Sexton, Biggar, Healy and
O'Brien. Delegates will be present from
500 branches. The conference will close
with a eemonstration and banquet.
DIED IN A WORK HOUSE.
James Bradly, a famous fenian, has died
in a work house at Liverpool.
Franco.
COMMENTING ON LEOPOLD’S UTTERANCES.
Paris, September 30.—The visit of
Leopold, king of the Belgians, to Empe
ror William has caused much comment
here. King Leopold is reported to have
made to the German emperor the follow
ing declaration: “I have nothing to gain
from republican France. If she defeated
Germany the Belgian monarchy would be
overthrown, whereas the triumph of Ger
many would make my throne secure.”
ItUHMIl.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
St. Petersburg, September 30.—The
Russian newspapers generally express
themselves as satisfied with the action of
Gen. Kaulbars in Bulgaria. The Novoe
Vremyasays nothing remains for the Bul
garian regents but to bow to Russia’s will,
unless it be to force Russia lo adopt meas
ures to render it materially impossible for
tiie regents to prevent Russia’s wishes
from being realized. The election of a
new prince in Bulgaria will be impossible
until the proper relations which should
exist between Gen. Kaulbars' and the Bul
garian government be restored.
Novasti says General Kaulbars’ demands
are most moderate. Tne regents would
yield at once if they loved peace and hon
esty and desired Russian friendship.
Viedomosti says it doubts the statement
that General Kaulbars advised the Bulga
rians to apply to the other [lowers for their
approval of Russia’s demands. Russia’s
authority, Viedomosti, says, even when
speaking or acting independently, holds
good ill Bulgaria and t hroughout Slavdom.
THE CAUSE OF AUSTRIA'S OPPOSITION.
Vienna, September 30 -The diplomat
ists here believe that since the return of
Count Kalnoky, Austrian minister for
foreign affairs, from Pesth, Austria’s atti
tude against Russia’s occupation of Bul
garia is more pronounced. This is partly
accounted for by the belief that Austria
fears that if Bulgaria is occupied by Russia,
King Milan will be deposed in Servia and
Servia and Bulgaria will tie both Russian
ized. This, it is argued, would cause disor
der in Bosnia and probably conflict with
Montenegro. m
ON THE TRACK.
1 SLANDERER INI) A IJiR.
Hon. Jefferson Davis Goes for General
W. T. Sherman.
A Scathing Bxpmare #f the Mallse sad Heanaeua
of tho Veteran Frerarlaator—Facta that the
General Will Have to Swallow—K!» Brother
John (ilron a Nldewlpe.
Baltimore, September 30.—The Sun to
morrow morning will print a letter live
columns in length from Jefferson Davis in
relation to the long standing controversy
between himself and Gen. W. T. Sherman.
The letter is dated Beam, Miss., Septem
ber 23, 1886, and begins os follows:
“At various times, and from many of my
friends, I have been asked to furnish a re
ply to Gen. \V. T. Sherman’s so-called re
port to the war department, which the
United States senate ordered printed as
‘executive document No. 38, forty-
eighth congress, second session.’
I have been compelled by many causes to
postpone a reply to these invitations and
have in some instances declined for tile
time being to undertake labor.
“A continuing sense of the great injus
tice done me and the people I represented,
by the senate making the malicious as
sault of General Sherman a public docu
ment and giving to his statements the im
portance which necessarily attaches to an
executive communication to the senate, has
recently caused the request for a reply by
me to lie pressed with very great earnest
ness. For this reason I have decided to
furnish a reply for publication in the Bal
timore Sun.
“The history of my public life benrs evi
dence that I did all in my power to pre
vent the war; that I did nothing to precip
itate the collision; that I did not seek the
post of chief executive, but advised my
friends that I preferred not to All it. That
history General Sherman may slanderously
assail by his statements, but lie cannot
alter itsconsistency, nor can the republi
cans of the senate change its unbroken
story of faithful service to the
union of the constitution until by the com
mand of my sovereign state I withdrew as
her ambassador from the United States
senate.' For all the acts of my public life
as president of the confederate states I am
responsible at the bar of history and must
accept her verdict, which I Hhall do with
out the least apprehension that it will be
swayed from the truth by the malicious
falsehoods of General Sherman, even when
stamped as an ‘ex. doc.’ by the United
States senate.”
Mr. Davis then recites tiie statement
made by Gen. Sherman before the gather
ing of ex-union soldiers in 1884, that he
(Sherinani had seen a letter from Davis to
a United States senator, in which he (Davis)
said he would turn lee’s army against any
state that might attempt to secede from
the southern confederacy. Mr. Davis then
quotes his letter to the St. Louis Republi
can, printed at that time, denying the
truth of Sherman’s statement and inter
views had subsequently by reporters with
Sherman, to whom the latter says : “This
is an affair between two gentlemen. I will
take my time about it, and write to Mr.
Davis myself. We will settle the matter
between us.”
“ It is hardly necessary for me to say,”
continues Mr. Davis, “that Gon. Sher
man did not write to me and has not set
tled the matter between us otherwise than
as I settled it, by denouncing his statement
as false und himself as a slanderer. There
the matter would have rested so far an I
was concerned, but when the war depart
ment of the United States was made the
custodian of his slander and re
publican senators became its en
dorsers, and the statements made
at tiie Frank Blair post were lilted
into official importance, it became a duty
to myself and to the people I represented
to follow the slanders with ray denial, and
to expose alike its author and his endors-
Mr. Davis reviews at length the progress
of the controversy, reciting the denial of
every senator from the southern states
that he had received such a letter
as that spoken of by Sher
man, and accusing Berman, first
of trying to substitute a letter
from Alexander H. Stevens to Herschel V.
the senate as a historical statement.
Both stood, with other falsehoods, equally
without foundation or support in anything
written or uttered by me. It now sur
vives ns an executive document of pictur
esque prevarication. 1 know nothing of
any ‘conspiracy’ or ‘conspirators.’ There
woh no secrecy about any of
the political affairs which led to
the secession of tho states in 1800- ’1.
It was an opinion of the oontldenco of the
southern senators in January, 1861, which
is introduced iu this historical statoment
as evidence of conspiracy, that tho seces
sion was tho only remedy left to thostates;
that every effort to preserve the poaco had
failed mainly through tho action
of that portion of tho
republican party which refused
all propositions for an adjustment made
by those who sought iu January, 1861, to
justify confidence, insure peace and pro
serve the uniou. In the same month in
which that conference was |held I served
on a committee raised by tho senate to
seek some possible mode of quelling the
excitement that then existed. That com
mittee was composed of tiie tlireo
political divisions of tho sen
ate, and it was considered useless to
report any measure which did not receive
the concurrence of at least a majority of
eneh division. The republican senators
rejected every proposition that promised a
pacification,ana the committee reported to
the senate that. their consultation
was a failure. Was there less
conspiracy in tiie republican senators
combining to prevent paciflcation than
there was in the southern senators uniting
in a conference to advise conventions of
their states that their cause was hopeless
in Washington? The epithets which
Senator Sherman in debate applied to
myself arc his mode of retaliation
for my denunciation of his brother.
I have been compelled to prove General
Sherman to be a talsifler and a slanderer
in order to protect my character aud repu
tation from his willful and unscrupulous
mendacity. If his brother, the senator,
felt I lie sting' of that exposure, and his
epit het* are any relief, I am content that he
shall go on record as denouncing me as a
‘traitor,’ because 1 have proved liis brother
to lie a liar. This ‘historical statement’
might have been enlarged and extended by
the senate aud made to embrace the de
liberate misrepresentation by General
Sherman of the communication to him by
Colonel J. D. Stevenson in regard to
Albert Sidney Johnston’s command
in San Franeiseo. In a letter
toCol. Win. H. Knight, of Cincinnati, O.,
dated October 28, 1884, Gen. Sherman as
serted that ‘Col. J. D. Stevenson, now liv
ing in San Francisco, lias often told mu
that he had cautioned tho government as
to the plot of conspiracy through the de
partment commander, Albert Sidney John
ston. to deliver the possession of the
pons, etc., to men iu California sympa
thizing with the rebels in the south, and
he thinks it was by his advice tliat the
president (Lincoln) sent Gen. Sumner to
relieve Johnston of his command before the
conspiracy was consummated.’ That state
ment of Sherman, the veteran, Colonel
J. D. Stevenson promptly and emphatically
denied.
“General Grant himself has not been
exempt from Sherman’s malice. To Colo-
m i Scott, Sherman said ‘if C. J. Smith had
lilted, Grant would have disappeared to
history.’ This remarkable statement was
published by General Fry and pointedly
and emphatically donied by General
Sherman. Prompt to slander, he
is equally quick to deny his
language. The letter of Sherman dated
September 6, 1883, was written to Col.
Scott, now of the war record office. The
denial of Sherman has caused the publica
tion of the letter and the exposure of his
hypocrisy in a recent laudation of the
dead chieftain. The deliberate falsehood
wliieh Sherman inserted in his offi
cial report, that Columbia, South Caro
lina, had been burned by Gen. Wade
Hampton, was afterwards confessed in his
‘memoirs’ to have been distinctly
charged on General Wade Hampton to
shake the fait h of his people in him. Even
when confessing one falsehood he delib-
ately coined another, and on the same
page of his ‘memoirs’ said tliat the lire
was accidental, when lie knew from
the letter of Stone, who commanded the
provost guard in Columbia, tliat lire was
not accidental. How much more he knew
lie may iii future ‘memoirs’ or ‘statements’
reveal. Can any man imagine a less
A Packing Room Blown to Splinters and
Four Lives Lost.
Tho Fearful Work of Two Slurdrron* lluntom.
Only the Fragments of the Victims Found.
People Who Thought It Was un Knrthtiuuke.
Johnson for the alleged Davis letter, then moral character, a less conception of
of representing that the Davis letter was j truth, a less regard for what
lost in the confusion of the rebellion arch- : any official
ives in the war department, and finally
pretending tliat he had seen the alleged
letter at Raleigh, N. C., and intimating
that it was addressed to Gov.
Vance. Mr. Davis quotes the
published denial of Gov. Vance
tliat lie had ever received such a letter
from him, and says: “My alleged Raleigh
letter has never been found. Sherman
says it was sent to Nashville, Savannah,
Washington, St. Louis, and may have been
finally burned in Chicago in tHe great lire
in 1871, but in all its travels no other per
son but Sherman saw it. Not a single
officer at any headquarters had
report should contain,
than is shown by Sherman deiibera eiy
oncocting a falsehood Cor the dishonor
able purpose of shaking the faith of the
people of South Carolina in their fellow-
citizen, Gen. Wade Hampton?
“I have in this vindication, not of my
self only, but also of the people who hon
ored me with the highest official position
in their gift, been compelled to group
together instances of repeated falsehoods
deliberately spoken and written by Gen
eral Sherman-the Blair post Blunder of
myself, the defamation of the character of
General Albert Sidney Johnston, the dis
paragement of the military fame of Gen-
Bartow, N. Y., September 30.—A tor-
rifle explosion occurred ut tiie Ditmar
Powder Works at Baychestor, on tho Har
lem river branch of the New York and
Now Haven railroad, about 10 o’clock this
morning, resulting in the instantaneous
deuth of four men employed in tho factory.
Tho explosion occurred iu the packing
house, a one-stdry franio building, twenty
by thirty feet, in the centre of the grounds
and about 200 yards from tho main factory,
a large building near tho water, wlioro the
bulk of giant powder and nitro-glycerine
used in the new aqueduct works is manu
factured. Tho men were hard at work
putting up and packing cartridges, when
suddenly an explosion occurred, shattering
the building to splinters and blowing four
men to fragments. The exploding pow
der, of which there was a large quantity,
shot up into tho air to a height of fifty feet
and splinters of tiie building wore blown a
mile away. The names of the victims
were Ernest Dralen, John Rusch, Max
Shaf'bolt and Reinhart. Nothing was left
of them except tho fragments of their
bodies. Hands, feet, legs, arms, pieces of
skulls, backbones and charred pieces of
flesh were scattered in every direction
from .500 to 600 feet from the packing house.
Max Oruger, foreman of the works, says
(lie explosion was caused by two men
shooting into tiie building. He was in tho
packing house, and on going out saw two
men who said they were shooting at squir
rels. He says lie threatened them with
arrest and they became impudent. As the
explosion occurred tho men were seen
hurrying away It. II. Stanfield, superin
tendent of the Thorite Powder Company,
near by, nicked up a box full of the frag
ments'of the dead men. A number of
others assisted in the work, and tiie re
mains were all put in a heap to await tiie
action of tiio coroner. One man
had a family in Germany, and
the others were said to lie single.
Their clothing was burned to shreds. The
main factory of the Ditmar works was
nearly wrecked, one end of the building
being blown to pioces, exposing the in
terior.
After tho explosion the lower timbers of
the building caught tire and burned fierce
ly. A large tree near by was torn up by
the roots and a number of other trees
blown away. The ground for half a mile
was strewn with fragments of the dead,
splinters, packing paper, etc. The vio
lence of the explosion shook houses
in Bartow, acro-is the creek from Bay-
ehester. Many windows in John Elliott's
Buy View hotel at Pelham Bridge, over a
mile away, were shattered. Thomas Duti-
woodie’s blacksmith shop, at Westchester,
was shaken violently, and tho windows in
many houses in tho same village were
broken. This iB the second explosion that
has occurred in thesn works this year.
Note.—The shocks felt at Nyack and
in Connecticut were due to this explosion.
Frightened liy 11 Shock.
Nyack, N. Y., September 30. —Just be
fore 10 o’clock this morning a heavy shock
resembling an earthquake startled the
people here. Tho colored population w •
frantic. One colored family named Wt
ran from their house, screaming in terro •
They were told that it was ail carthquak ;
from Charleston, when tiie head of the
family cried out “Wiggins!” The shock
is supposed to have been caused by a heavy
explosion of dynamite somewhere.
Fell In Cnnnootlcnt.
New Haven, Conn., September30.—At
10:10 this morning the telegraph operator*
at Branford and Bridgeport reported tb it
slight shocks had just been felt at those
places. At the Wheeler and Wilson sew
ing machine works in Bridgeport a shock
was distinctly felt, the windows of tiie
shops being severely rattled.
WAIFS FROM WASHINGTON.
the clock department will not be molested,
and Civil Engineer Menocal who is in
cliargo of that department, will retain his
residence and continue on duty. Some
necessary unfinished work iu the steam
engiuo department will bo completed.
All the omployos in the other bureaus,
numbering about 200, are to be discharged
from this evening. A majority of those
discharged wil be re-employed as soon as
the advance work is well under way.
An Appointment.
Washington, September30.—The pres*
Ident to-day appointed Cooley Mann to be
collector of customs at Vicksburg, Miss.
The Situation In Charleston.
Charleston, S. 0., September 30.—The
weather to day is cloudy and cool and
threatening rain. There have been no
earthquake shocks since 1 o’olock Tues
day. Several persons sny there were two
slight tremors this morning about 6
o'clock, but tiie roports have not been
verified. Wiggins is the moBt despised
and least feared man to-day in the uni-
i verse, and the fears ho aroused are
speedly dying out. There has been no let
up in the work of repairing.
The day has passed quietly, nothing
happening to disturb the people’s return
ing confluence in the stability of things in
general. A slight tremor at 5 p. m. is said
to have been felt by Home persons, but not
generally throughout the city. Tho
weather was slightly cool this morning,
but it is much warmer to-night.
Mine Itnrton Itcporl**.
Chicago, September 30.—Miss Clara Bar*
ton, president of tho American Associa
tion of Red Cross, at present in Charleston,
has written Mayor Harrison about the con-
dition of things in tliat city. She says in
hor letter : ‘‘Fulfilling my promise to ro-
port, I would say tliat the damage to prop
erty is not overestimated. Scarcely a house
is left whole. The people are bravely
struggling, i'ull of gratitude for the sympa
thy and help so generously bestowed. I
have informed Mayor Courtenay of your
movement in Chicago, for which he is
deeply grateful, but begs me to say that as
soon as the greatest need .for present con
tributions is met lie will telegraph the fact
to every country and request that no inoro
be sent. He hopes two-thirds ol' the sum
required is already assured.”
THE MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS.
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The Two- Ye
■•Old Itoconl llroke
Svn Jose, Cal.. September 30.—The two-
year-old colt, C. H. Todd, which broke the
best two-vear-old record at Stockton on tho
2' ) d ifist.,made seven-eighths of a mile here
yesterday afternoon in 1:23.1, beating the
record by i second.
been produced who read it, and it passes eral Grant and the shameful and corrupt
belief that in the excitement of the clos I charge against General Hampton. I have
ing days of the war and during my impris- ; prepared this examination and exposure
onmerit, when every letter of mine was . only because the senate of the United
carefully examined to find evidence upon ! Solutes has given to Sherman’s slander the
which to convict und destroy me, not i indorsement which gives it whatever
an officer at all those headquarters j claims it may have to attention und of
should have read that letter. Every j power to mislead ill the future,
fair-minded man must, therefore, conclude ; “Having specifically stamped the stato-
that Gen. Sherman stated at the Grand : merit as false, having proved its author to
Army Post a willful and deliberate falsi : lie a habitual slanderer, and not having a
hood, and tliat his motive had its inspira- partisan secretary to make plaee for this
tion in that mean malice which has char- j notice of a personal tirade, which was
Tli
limes nl Jc
rk.
eign power.” [Cheers.]
“As regards
the Austro-Hungary
alliance with Germany, continued t
siaiiu witu ueimmo .... .— —-
have no doubt we shall be able to preserve
the mutual conditions necessary to tne ,
interests of each state without endanger
ing the general peace. We regard the ,
treaty of Berlin as still in force, although
It has been violated in certain cases, the .
most serious of which occurred last ye r j
in Eastern Roumelia. We belie\e
the treaty of Berlin ought to continue to
be maintained, nor hus any power inform- i
ed us of it’s having resumed a contrary .
position. Austro-Hungary adheres to her
repeated declared opinion, that should |
Turkey claim the right accorded hei in tne
Balkan peninsula, no other power would
be entitled to resort to armed intervention
or to the establishment of a protectorate
there ; also that no change in tne const>tu-
tiounl or territorial relations of the Balkan
countries can be effected without the con
sent of the powers signal to th e treaty of
Berlin. These are the outlines of our aims
which we hope will be successful and will
be attained in harmony with the other
j —BLnnt Hiaf.nrhinjf tilO pCUCC
Jerome Park. N. Y., September 30.—
First race. 7 furlongs; Herbert won by
a head, Grenadier 2d, Stone Buck 3d; no
time taken. No betting whatever was
allowed, causing great discontent among
tiie crowd. ......
Second race, |for two-year-olds, t mile,
Rebellion won, Parasol 2d, Nellie B. 3d;
time 1:16}. .... , , ,
Third race, H miles; Wickham won by
length and a half, Heel and Toe 2d,
Rupert 3d; time 2:40. ,
Fourth race, all ages, 1 3-16 miles; \ ulet
won by a length and a half, Sapphire 2d,
Editor 3d; time 2.0.5.
Fifth race, for three-vear-olds and up
ward if mile; Marsh Redon won by a
neck,’ Hopeful 2d, Pegasus 3d; time 1:17}.
Sixth race, hurdle, 13 miles; Burr Oak
won by two lengths, Endover 2d, Palanea
3d: time 2:37}. m m
Cluverlus Will linns.
Staunton, Va., September 30. This
morning the supreme court of Virginia,
Suin'* here, handed down the papers in
tiie case of T. J. Cluverius. who stands con
victed'of the murder of Lillian Madison .at
the old reservoir, Richmond, \a., with the
endorsement that the petition fora re hear
ing is denied. This remands the ease to
the busting court of Richmond, by which
the time will be fixed for the death penalty
by banging, unless executive clemency’ in-
ter noses.
neither an ol/icial report or a record made
during tiie war so as to entitle it to be re
ceived at the oiii.- j of tiie archives, I sub
mit it to the public through tiie columns
of a newspaper which discountenanced
foul play and misrepresentation and which
was kind and just to me in its issue of
January 14, 1886.”
IHiln't Han* A mi in.
Marjilkheaij, Mass., .September 30.—~
The wind is light, from the northeast.
The yachts will not race.
At 9 o’clock Captain Stone boarded tho
Mayflower and lier colors were hauled
down and tiie Mayflower was out of com
mission. At 9:15 her sails were set. A few
few minutes later she sailed out of the
harbor.
At 9:30 o’clock this morning the signal
“no race” was sent to the masthead of
the tlag’ship Kortuna, and with this an
nouncement all hopes for another contest
this season between the Galatea and the
Mavfiower expired. Shortly after 9:30
o’clock the Mayflower’s colors were haul-
: and sh
commission. Her sails were then hoisted
and a gentle breeze moved her lazily out
of the narbor toward her winter quarters.
The Galatea remained at her moorings,
but will probably sail for New York in a
day or two, where she will be laid up until
next summer. All other yachts in tiie
harbor are making preparations to go out
of the commission. 'Hus practically t Grini
na tes the present yachting season. 1
Marrhun* hi Savannuli.
Savannah, C4a., September 29.—J. It.
Saussy, Jr., a young lawyer, and Miss Lula
tors’ in the winter of 1860-61, and that I Shivers, daughter of J. S. Shivers, were
which at the Frank Blair port may have . married at St. John’s church early this
been a ‘white lie,’ not intended 1 morning and left immediately for New
for publication, came before : York by the Central railroad.
acterized his acts and writings in other ri-
speets toward the southern people.
“The so called historical statement con
cerning the public policy of the executive
depar: "i-nt of the confederate states, as
the.S‘-.er:nui: letter department is headed,
in that executive document opens wil li the
following hi.i. - nent: ‘That I (Sherman,
had seen papers which convinced me that
even Mr. Davis, president of the southern
confederacy, had during tiie progress
of the war changed His state right doc
trines, had threatened to use force—even
Lee’s army-—should any state of the con
federacy attempt to secede from that gov
ernment.’
“ With the mental processes by which
Gen. Sherman is ‘convinced’ I have no
concern, but the ‘papers' in which lie al
leges that I threatened to use force aguin.st
the states of the confederacy ought to
tiie tangible and producable and in a ‘his
torical statement, ’tiie senate ought to have
demanded the production of the proof's,
and on a failure to produce them, and after
a denial by the senators, who Sherman
alleged had received them, such ‘historical
statement,’ already branded wit h falsehood
and unsupported by evidence, ought to
have been rejected, with only wonder how
it got before the senate. It is apparent
that this so-called ‘historical statement’
had been seen by republican senators, and
that they were not ignorant of its real
character. When the Hawley resolution
was under discussion in the senate those
senators then knew that General
Sherman had in his letter of
January 6, 1885, to the secretary of war
changed the issue between us from one of
veracity to a rambling, shuffling discus
sion of a ‘conspiracy’ and of ‘conspiia-
( Washington, September 30. The sig
nal office lias issued the following special
bulletin: A severe storm is now central
| nort h of L ike Huron, moving rapidly east
ward, with sudden and great barometric
! changes, which will onusojhigh southeast
I winds iu its eastern quadrants, and nortli-
j west winds with decidedly lower teinpera-
! tore in its western quadrants. A cold wave
\ is moving southward in its rear, over
spreading Minnesota and east Dakota und
i will probably be felt in Wisconsin, Iowa,
Illinois, Nebraska, northern Kansas ami
Missouri by to-night.
Till' .Viillini'H Wifi* mill Jliilher-lll-Lair.
Washington,September 80.—Mrs. Cleve
land and Mrs. Folsom have gone to Buffalo,
N. Y., for a visit of about ten days.
The Piddle In-lit lllii'riftsc.
Washington, September 30.—It is esti
mated at the treasury department that
there has been a decrease of nearly £11,-
000,000 in tho public debt during Septem
ber.
The th
nt Till
Washington, September 30. Tho gov
ernment receipts during the mouth of
September were about *.32,000,000 and the
expenditures about *18,000,000, making the
excess iilmut ft 1,000,000. The 143d call for
*15,000,000 3 per cents, contains a larger
proportion of bonds belonging to national
fianks and deposited with the United
States treasurer to secure the circulation
and deposits than any of the previous calls,
the amount lining about £12,812,000.
(.'encrnl Wiles’ lfi|iorf.
Washington, September 30.—General
Miles’ annual report, embodying tiie story
of the surrender of Gerouimo, hus been
received by the acting secretary of war
and has tills morning been taken by him
to the president, ft will not lie made
public at once, owing in part, it is under
stood, to what is considered its incom
pleteness with respect to the Geronimo
episode. General Miles, it is said, reports
that he accepted tiie surrender of the sav
age chieftain, agreeing as among the con
ditions that he should not be surrendered
to the civil authorities of Arizona for trial
and that he should be taken away from
that vicinity.
The Washlnglmi Nuvy Yard.
Washington, September 30.—The order
of tiie secretary of navy changing tiio
Washington navy yard into an - ordnance
foundry goes into effect after to-day. The
heads of the bureaus affected by the order
have been instructed to make the best ar
rangements possible for the transfer of
such buildings, machinery aud tools as are
needed by the ordnance bureau, and the
removal of the rest. The order has not been
moifled further than that the yard aud
A ml row Nominated for Governor—The Slate
Ticket Filled Out.
Worcester, Mass., September 30.—The
democratic state convention assembled to
day at 11:30 o’clock. Hon. P. A. Collins
called the delegates to order. A t that hour
tho hall was well tilled. Hon. P. A. Col
lins, on assuming the chair, said:
“Tills is not a gathering called together
to ratify the nominations of a select few,
but to put in nomination candidates for
the election in the ensuing election.”
Tiie secretary then rend the call.
The chairman and secretary of the com
mittee were selected as temporary officers.
A committee was appointed to nominate
members of the Htate committee and an-
otlu r to nominate the remaining officers
on tiie state ticket, after which an adjourn-
| ment was taken until 2:30 p. m.
j The balance of tho state ticket, with the
exception of lieutenant-governor, will be
I ns follows: Secretary of state, John R.
TU iyei', Worcester; auditor, Wm. F. Cook,
S.iriiiglield; attorney-general, John W.
C..i'eoriin, Clinton.
Upon reassembling tiie platform wns
. presented and adopted without opposi-
1 ti ill.
! Frank 1C. Foster was nominated for
I lieutenan; governor.
| Mr. Aspinwull declined toserve asa can
didate for treasurer and Lewis Warner, of
] Northampton, was substituted.
The convention thou adjourned.
I John F. Andrew, of Boston, was nomi
nated for governor by acclamation.
The llilJTOtt Mil'.t do.
! St. Louis, September 30.—Tile Knights
of Labor in tiie west, and more particular
ly in St. Louis, have decided that strikes.
! like the boycott, must go, and that it
i should no longer he recognized as a
necessity. While this important decision is
not publicly announced, the information
, comes from unquestioned authority. The
fact is that some of the knights consider
that Ibis has boon one of the greatest
obstacles that the order Ims had to meet.
; What, action will bo taken ill this import-
| ant movement iu the Richmond conventoin
is yet uncertain. Tin.- St. Louis delegates,
howct'u.", it is underst aid, arc instructed
in favor of a law which will dispense en
tirely with the strike system. Arbitration
will hereafter be the policy of t western
knights in all questions of '.vagi : and labor
i that require adjustment. The 8t. Louis
knights may ask the liichtno i t conven
tion for a committee whose special duties
! will be to investigate and settle all diffi
eulties of this character, with suggestions
from Grand Master Powderly.
Nominiiti'd for CoiigriiNH,
Butler, Mo., September 30.—O. H.
j Pitcher was nominated for congress by
j the twelfth district republicans yesterday.
Lynchburg, Vn., September 30.—The
Knights of Labor in convention last night
l nominated Jos. B. Page for congress for
| tho sixth district.
! Philadelphia, September 30.—The
democrats of the third district to-day re
nominated Hon. Samuel J. Randall for
congress. There was no opposition,
j New Orleans, September 30.—The re
publican congressional committee of the
third district lias nominated J. L. David-
! son, colored, of Iberville.
A lli'iiv) Failure.
! Chicago, September 30.—The firm of
A. S. Gage it Co. confessed judgment in
. favor of the First National bank this
morning for £07,0(10. The firm occupies
one of tiie finest blocks on Wabash
avenue, at the corner of Adams street, und
has been carrying on a wholesale business
I in millinery and fancy goods. The firm
during the forenoon made assignments of
its entire stock to II. J. McFarland, and its
: largest establishment was at once closed.
Tiie liabilities were placed at £750,000 aud
are owing almost entirely to eastern
j houses. The assets are roughly estimated
at £050,000.
Convicted of flurdcr.
i Romney, W. Va., September 30.—John
H. C. Bowen was to-day convicted of mur
der in the first degree and sentenced to
imprisonment for life for the killing of
I Frank Heatwale on April 29 last. Heat-
waie was killed in a mistake,Bowen having
| intended to take the fife of one Harvey
i Burr, of whose attention to a married
. woman in the neighborhood Bowen was
jealous. Barr, who was employed as
watchman in a mill, induced Heatwale to
j work for him that night, and the latter
lost his life in doing a favor for his friend.
I)i*ubl<>(l SteutiH*
London, September 30.—The steamer
Ayrsher. from New Orleans, August 14, via
Newport News, for Antwerp, has. been
I towed into Falmouth. The steamer
Witherby, from Newport News, Septem-
! her 2, for St. Nazoire, before reported as
! lost her propellor^blades, is proceeding
under sail.
